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Cabo de Gata
After our amazing time inland and in the mountains we returned to the coastline at Motril. This would be the week of Leela’s birthday but our plans of staying a whole week at the naturist camp Almanat would have to be put on hold as the campsite had suffered badly during the flooding a couple
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Andalusia – Part II
First stop inland, after getting new front brake pads for the van in Almeria, was the Tabernas desert. We parked next to the very popular Hollywood theme park and hiked 15km all around this quite marvellous landscape. Many movies have been filmed here over the years and its still a very popular location these days.
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Andalusia – Part I
Andalusia has been the highlight of this trip for me whilst planning it the last four years. It’s a region that I know quite well after spending many mountain bike and hiking trips there as well as time on the coastline. But I had never travelled this far South in a campervan before so this
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Costa Blanca
Having very reluctantly left our beach parking after a glorious week, we were on our way down the coast an hour to spend a few days at Vila Joiosa. We also needed a few days at a campsite with facilities so that I could fix a broken water valve connection on the boiler. We stayed
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Valencia
Leaving Catalunya we headed into the mountains surrounding Valencia for a week of hiking and searching for rivers and beautiful swimming pools. The first stop after a tortuous drive was Fuente de los Baños in the town of Montanejos. This is a natural (luke) warm spring favoured by the locals of the valley and has
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Catalunya
After the excitement of Cap d’Adge we would have liked to have gone a little deeper into the mountains, but unfortunately the weather wasn’t in our favour so we decided to head to Cerét a little earlier than planned. This town has the museum of modern art as well as apparently the best street market
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Cap d’Agde
Leaving the disappointment of Provence behind, we headed south in search of the ocean, sandy beaches and days filled with endless sunshine. And hopefully no wind… From Aix we drove to the coast at Martigues and finally had some sunshine and a nice beach where we took a walk along the beautifully rugged coastline and
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Provence
Cold, wet, windy, unfriendly and frustrating. Not words that I was hoping to describe this beautiful region of France. But unfortunately the truth of our time there. After a busy and adventurous two weeks alone hiking and biking through the Italian Alps I finally picked Leela up from Milan airport and we made our way
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Dolomites – Part II
Reluctantly leaving the Passo Giau I was aiming for a relatively quieter area of the Dolomites for the next days but arriving at my planned park up I found that it had been taken over by construction workers. So after a re-think I decided to call the campsite that I had pre-booked for the weekend
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Dolomites – Part I
Finally the time had come to be back on the road and the departure time had finally arrived for both of us. Unfortunately we were heading off in completely different directions, and continents… To begin our trip Leela was heading stateside for two weeks and whilst she was there I would make my way slowly
Not all those who wonder are lost…
